Hokie Killer Identified

He was a Korean man from Centreville, VA and was a senior, living on campus at Virginia Tech.  He had a receipt for the purchase of a handgun, and the ballistics from the crime scenes confirmed that the student, Sueng-Hui Cho (it looks like official news reports are listing his last name first) was the shooter at both the dorm room and in the academic building. 
 
They also found lengths of chain in his dorm room that was similar to what was used to chain the doors to Norris Hall.  Also found was a suicide note explaining his motives.

As the names of the victims are released, I expect at least one-third of them to belong to the Northern Virginia area.

There are going to be dozens of questions and accusations and blame going around regarding this horrific crime.  I think that when the scene settles down a bit there will be serious talk about preparedness on college campuses.  Each college must have a plan in place that is practiced quarterly in how to respond to a critical situation on campus-  such as a terrorist act, a hazmat situation, and of course, rampaging gunman.

It has been three years since Beslan.  And no one in this country takes threats against our schools very seriously. 

Update!  The above picture was snipped from the Drudge Report.  It is the Drivers License photo for Sueng-Hui Cho.  I have the same blue background on my own State ID.